Even under the greatest darkness, hope will shine through the shadows.
My series "I Will Strive Beyond This Cursed Bloodline" is an eldritch combination of horror and comedy, and my first attempt at writing a fluffy, happy-to-go series. You know about them, cute girls doing cute things. We have jokes about most isekai tropes weaved in the world. Heroes summoned to save a world, a boy with the skills to build a harem, a pink-haired healer girl that gushes over who she loves. And in the middle of it a lone blonde girl who swears she wants to live a life of peacefull sleep and lazyness. All of it packed up in a world where Magical Girls and Heroes roam the streets and the skies.
But not everything is what it seems like. The seemingly bird-brained protagonist is living under a shadow. The isekai protagonist doesn't form his harem thanks to good looks and blessings from the heavens. The pink-haired healer is not an innocent girl who only wants to make the world a better place. The society of heroes and magical girls is built up thanks to the iron fist of those at the top.
And at the bottom of the world...a darkness is spreading corrupting what it touches.
Trigger Warnings:
The main antagonist of [Book] 1 (Vol 1 - Wish, Vol 2 - Tainted, Vol 3 - Legacy) uses mind control. You WILL see it affecting people here, the MC WILL fight it off by the end of Book 1, but it will suck.
There will be consequences after this, of course.
These will be discussed in [Book 2] (Vol 4—Advent, Vol 5—Heroes, Vol 6—Confrontation). Our MC will deal with these consequences and start fixing her life. She will not have an easy time.
As for [Book 3], as of writing this, we are getting into it.
The schedule is Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
[Loser of the Royal Road Writathon challenge May 2023]
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I like the premise, that of someone that wants to be lazy, not a superhero, and the first few chapters were surprisingly good. The comedy had some nice hits, and the comedic undertone somehow managed to elevate and bring the story down at the same.
It's a shame the MC does all she can, both knowingly and unknowingly, to not achieve her supposed goal. I'm all for her doing stupid things with a twisted/incorrect view on how should help, only for it to blow up comedically, or being so oblivious to how she naturally acts that, despite actively being lazy when possible, it's twisted into her being a model student, but this is like an odd mixture of the two and neither at the same time. She is praised for standing around, when I have no idea why she did so, and the one time she tells someone she doesn't want to be a Superhero they believe it's a joke and it never gets brought up ever again. I had planned on giving it some more chapters, but the pacing left the building right after.
Still, the straw the broke the camels back, was when the self aware system was introduced and the mentioning of Gods made it apparent that, despite not having the Gods tag, Gods would be be showing up in this story. With that my suspension of disbelief was broken.
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This story has an interesting concept. Grammar and word choice wise it is well written.
But the characters themselves, the "comedy" and interactions between each other is so bland and inhuman. It reads like the characters are all different modes of the same person, and that person learned all of their social cues from anime-obsessed, delusional middle school boys.
I think I can pretty much sum up all characters in this series with just one word: cringeworthy.
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This book could be so fantastic if it wasn't for the grammar errors being all over the place, the narrative flow being a bit wonky, and the characters all sounding the same. I can't put up with it any longer. Its okay, though, the story's got a solid premise and tons of potential—just needs a little tweaking on those three fronts.
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The story is great. Yes. Absolutely captivating.
But up to this point? Too dark for my tastes. Too... Realistic, for lack of a better word. With too Manny assholes to go around. But that's humanity for you. With super powers. And magic. Yeah.I guess my expectations were just different. With genres like "comedy", "adventure" and "fantasy". Add to that a description like "Will she embrace her legacy and rise to the occasion, or will she succumb to the allure of a life of leisure" and I expected a much more happy story.
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Love the Story! Absolute gem!
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I love this story, though I've run out of chaptersand will have to wait for normal release cycles :' (it's great 10/10
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I have highly enjoyed this story so far, especially the heartwarming, and oh so twisted, relationship between our MC and the Pink Haired Menace. If you like cute yuri relationships and litrpg fantasy/action this is a great story to read, especially if you enjoy characters of dubious morality.
For those just starting or still reading before chapter 107, if you liked it before that arc then stick with it. It's important to the story and does get resolved, along with a lot of Elizabeth's other major issues, and gets so, so much better for her and her companions.
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I didn't think stuff that happens in stories could still disturb me anymore, but that chapter (don't remember the exact chapter number or tittle) where
Red hair asked pink hair to destroy and and heal all her organs and then they screwed
Oh well, Hopefully it won't bother me next time.
I'll continue when more chapters pile up.
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